Adult Learners

Informal learning (not recreational as in games, recreation as in “fun” through choice)

Issues:

How is content defined?
Facilitating vs. teaching
How do you evaluate?
No set learning outcomes
Asking the right questions rather than give answers
Self-initiated interest
What motivates people to do self-initiated learning?
What stops people from this learning?
How do people choose what they want to learn?
Does mobile technology make learning easier?
Gateway provided? Information overload?
Across disciplines
Not just a device - syncs with other ICT

Self-Initiated learning is:

Post 16 year olds / Self de-schooled
Non-vocational
At sites of interest

Research Questions:

What motivates people to do self-initiated learning?
What stops people from this learning?
How does mobile technology facilitate and change the self-initiated learning experience?
What are the attributes of the mobile learner?

Potential Funders:

Heritage Lottery Fund (niche market): Does the place make a difference? (but with ties)
Community Education Centres – “In-kind support”. Widening participation agenda -content (not receiving but doing) – Which stuff? When?
Museum outreach / learning
Wellcome Trust? Instant recorder? – make a difference
Joseph Rowntree
Esmee Fairbairn
DFES?
ESRC [added by Editor]